Stage Name

Birth Name

Mickey Rooney

Joe Yule Jr.

Mickey started early on stage at the age of two with his family, chorus girl Nell Carter and Comic Joe Yule Sr. (1894-1950.) He became well known for a series of some 50 silent comedies between 1927 and 1933 in which he played Mickey McGuire, a comic-strip character. His dancing was more of the Comedic in nature and he did it well.

He Went on to do many movies by the age of four and was to became one of the biggest child actors of all time. Became famous with the Andy Hardy series with Judy Garland. As with many people he was not to successful in Marriage, he was married nine times and was once married to Ava Gardiner for a year and Marge Lane for only 100 days and finally getting it right with January Chamberlin in 1978.